[~$1300] Need some Help w/ Building a Gaming PC

[Tiliba]

Hey!

 

My computer is currently almost 5 years old, so I started planning on buying/building a completely new PC. As my hardware knowledge isn’t that good, I require some assistance from

you guys!

 

1. Budget and Location 

My profit is around $1300. Going to be buying parts from Slovenia (Europe), although I wouldn’t mind ordering parts (excluding GPU, lol).

 

2. Aim

I will be using this computer mainly for gaming purposes. The games I mostly play are Fortnite and Overwatch.  

 

3. Monitors

I currently have a dual monitor setup, both are running at 1920x1080;

a) LG 24GM77-B (144Hz)

b) Samsung S24D590L (60Hz)

 

4. Peripherals 

N/A, got everything already.

 

Help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!  

 

[NMS]

As much as I love Ryzen, I think Intel will do you better due to better perfomance at single threads.

So I'll let the Intel fan boys fill the system, while I'll tell you a few components for the AMD build.

Unfortunately, your budget is quite low so you can't go overkill, specially with GPU prices.

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600X

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix or Prime series on a B350 chipset or X370 if you can put another $100 into that.

RAM: Whatever floats your boat? But I would go with 16GB (2 *8) of some mid-range speeds (2600MHz) to save a buck or two.

Graphics card: GTX 1060/1070Ti. If you can find one at a low price in your country. And when it comes to branding, just pick whichever one you can afford more I'd say. MSI or if you have cash to spare than ASUS.

Edited February 8, 2018 by NMS

[hconverse02]

You can go intel or ryzen, both are the same price point, but would you rather better multicore or singlecore performance (gaming v productivity and streaming; intel v ryzen)

[hconverse02]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€179.00 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€75.57 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1033.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:53 CET+0100

 

or 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€194.59 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€56.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€110.55 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1141.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:54 CET+0100

 

The intel build may have better gaming performance, but you would be wasting some money on the z370 motherboard.  Ryzen is better imo here.

[Thinkfreely]

8 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€179.00 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€75.57 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1033.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:53 CET+0100

 

or 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€194.59 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€56.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€110.55 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1141.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:54 CET+0100

 

The intel build may have better gaming performance, but you would be wasting some money on the z370 motherboard.  Ryzen is better imo here.

Beat me to it!

[kameshss]

13 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€179.00 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€75.57 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1033.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:53 CET+0100

 

or 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€194.59 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€56.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€110.55 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1141.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:54 CET+0100

 

The intel build may have better gaming performance, but you would be wasting some money on the z370 motherboard.  Ryzen is better imo here.

lil change on cores

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (€354.90 @ Caseking) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (€40.06 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€113.97 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (€416.34 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€69.83 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1315.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 16:08 CET+0100

[LienusLateTips]

39 minutes ago, NMS said:

As much as I love Ryzen, I think Intel will do you better due to better perfomance at single threads.

So I'll let the Intel fan boys fill the system, while I'll tell you a few components for the AMD build.

Unfortunately, your budget is quite low so you can't go overkill, specially with GPU prices.

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600X

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix or Prime series on a B350 chipset or X370 if you can put another $100 into that.

RAM: Whatever floats your boat? But I would go with 16GB (2 *8) of some mid-range speeds (2600MHz) to save a buck or two.

Graphics card: GTX 1060/1070Ti. If you can find one at a low price in your country. And when it comes to branding, just pick whichever one you can afford more I'd say. MSI or if you have cash to spare than ASUS.

Ryzen actually does quite well in gaming still.

 

But I do have criticism of your list.

>Why 1600X

>3000 is better for like $3 more

[NMS]

4 minutes ago, JDE said:

Ryzen actually does quite well in gaming still.

 

But I do have criticism of your list.

>Why 1600X

>3000 is better for like $3 more

Well I don't really see why he needs a Ryzen 7, sure he can but will pay more. Or if you mean why the Extreme edition, then those few TDP don't hurt and the clock speed helps.

 

As for RAM, that really depends on the country. Here in Greece for example, the different is noticable.

[hconverse02]

15 minutes ago, kameshss said:

lil change on cores

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (€354.90 @ Caseking) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (€40.06 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€113.97 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (€416.34 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€69.83 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1315.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 16:08 CET+0100

In what world does $1300=€1300 lmao (I hope you just read it wrong)

[LienusLateTips]

14 minutes ago, NMS said:

Well I don't really see why he needs a Ryzen 7, sure he can but will pay more. Or if you mean why the Extreme edition, then those few TDP don't hurt and the clock speed helps.

 

As for RAM, that really depends on the country. Here in Greece for example, the different is noticable.

I'm talking about the 1600. It over clocks to the exact same. And it comes with a nice stock cooler.

[NMS]

Just now, JDE said:

I'm talking about the 1600. It over clocks to the exact same. And it comes with a nice stock cooler.

Well the same principle applies to the CPU as to the RAM. It's just few bucks more:)

And fact is, OP clearly is new to this, so I would not suggest overclocking.

[Tiliba]

56 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (€179.00 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€75.57 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1033.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:53 CET+0100

 

or 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€194.59 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€56.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€110.55 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  (€373.15 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.63 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€77.84 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1141.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-08 15:54 CET+0100

 

The intel build may have better gaming performance, but you would be wasting some money on the z370 motherboard.  Ryzen is better imo here.

Thanks. I've been deciding between Intel and AMD for a while now and I think I'll go with Intel for this build. 

Just one more thing though - I will probably recycle my SSD as I already have the same one in my current computer + I can save a few bucks. Do you thing I should get a 1070 then?
inno3D GTX1070 X2 V3, 8GB GDDR5 (N1070-2SDV-P5DS) is around €450 here, which is relatively cheap compared to other 1070s. (although I am not sure if it's also worse than other 1070s)

[hconverse02]

1 hour ago, Tiliba said:

Thanks. I've been deciding between Intel and AMD for a while now and I think I'll go with Intel for this build. 

Just one more thing though - I will probably recycle my SSD as I already have the same one in my current computer + I can save a few bucks. Do you thing I should get a 1070 then?
inno3D GTX1070 X2 V3, 8GB GDDR5 (N1070-2SDV-P5DS) is around €450 here, which is relatively cheap compared to other 1070s. (although I am not sure if it's also worse than other 1070s)

I would, however if you could find a more reputable brand for under 50 euros more, go for that.

If you don't want to waste the money on a z370 board, you could also step up to the 8600k for ~50 euros more and stick with the 1060.  It's up to you whether you'd rather spend more on the gpu or cpu.

[kameshss]

2 hours ago, hconverse02 said:

In what world does $1300=€1300 lmao (I hope you just read it wrong)

my bad. I read it wrong.